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The Charlotte metropolitan area (also Metrolina, Charlotte Metro, or Charlotte USA) is a metropolitan area/region of North and South Carolina within and surrounding the city of Charlotte. Located in the Piedmont of the Southeastern United States, the Charlotte metropolitan area is well known for its auto racing history (especially NASCAR). The region is headquarters to 8 Fortune 500 and 7 Fortune 1000 companies including Bank of America, Duke Energy, Nucor Steel, and Lowe's Home Improvement Stores. Additional headquarters include Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Cheerwine and Sundrop.〔()〕 It is home to one of the world's busiest airports, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, and is also the Carolinas' largest manufacturing region.〔(Charlotte Chamber of Commerce: Manufacturing in the Region )〕 The Charlotte MSA is the largest in the Carolinas, and the sixth largest metropolitan area in the Southeastern region of the United States behind Washington, D.C., Miami, Atlanta, Tampa, and Baltimore. The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)〔(OMB Bulletin No. 03-04 Attachment )〕 is defined as seven counties in North Carolina and three counties in South Carolina. The population of the MSA was 2,380,314 according to 2014 Census estimates.〔http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk〕 Charlotte is the 17th largest city and 22nd largest metro area in the United States. Charlotte is the 2nd largest city in the Southeast. The Charlotte-Concord Combined Statistical Area (CSA)〔(U.S. Census Bureau CSAs )〕 is a regional population area including parts of North Carolina and South Carolina with a population of 2,442,504 according to the 2012 Census estimates.〔(U.S. Census Bureau 2011 population estimates of Combined Statistical Areas )〕 The aforementioned MSA is the only metropolitan area (as defined since 2012) included in the CSA, but there are two included micropolitan areas: Albemarle and Shelby. == Nicknames and regional identity == The regional area around the city was at one time called ''Metrolina'', a term which has fallen out of widespread general use, though it still maintains a presence and is used by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The term does retain a marketing value, and is thus also used by many businesses in the area. Metrolina refers to the region that includes the cities of: Charlotte, Concord, Gastonia and Rock Hill. The name Metrolina came into fashion when North Carolina's other two large metropolitan areas took on nicknames— the Triangle for Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill and the Triad for Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point. (The Triad now goes by the name Piedmont Triad to distinguish it from other tri-cities.) The term Charlotte USA refers to the 16-county region, which includes 12 counties in North Carolina and 4 counties in South Carolina. The term is championed by the Charlotte Regional Partnership, a non-profit organization made up of both private- and public-sector members from throughout the Charlotte region. This organization represents one of seven officially designated economic development regions in North Carolina.〔(Charlotte USA - Charlotte Regional Partnership )〕 Region J of the North Carolina Councils of Government, of which a majority of the Charlotte area municipalities and counties belong, uses the term Centralina in its body's name, Centralina Council of Governments. This term, however, is used only sparingly among locals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charlotte metropolitan area」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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